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المستخلص
ABSTRACT
The Nabataeans were a group of nomads, living in the Arabian desert, who banded together and held central of a rather vast area for over 400 years. At this peak, the Nabataean Empire stretched from modern-day Yemen to Damascus and from Western Iraq into the Sinai according to some historions. No one is really sure how large their Empire really was. That is how illusive and mysterious while their caravans traveled widely. Its hard to be certain of the borders of their Kingdom or the extent of their travel.
The Nabataeans were exceptionally good and skilled traders.They facilitated commerce between China, India, The Far East, Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome. They dealt with all kinds of goods such as gold, incense, spices, perfumes, medicines, ivory and many others. From its base fortress city it established a wealthy commercial cross roads position between the Arabian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures and civilizations. This crucial trade route between the high areas of Jordan, the Red sea, Damascus and Southern Arabia formed the Nabataean Empire life blood and they resumed its control and safety.
Nabataean were greatly influenced by the Hellenistic culture of their neighboors, which can be easily detected in Nabataean art and architecture when their Empire was expanding northward into Syria. This small desert Kingdom stood against the Greeks and almost brought the Roman Empire to its knees. They established small colonies in tent communities on the outokirts of many of the major centers of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Levant. Some examples of these communities are Madain Saleh neer Dedan, Jenysos South of Gaza, Selah neer Busheire, the Edomite capital.
The Nabataean had lived in Peteali, south of Rome, on the western cost of Italy. Over the next several centuries the Nabataean capitalized on this monopoly, raking in incridible profits. The Nabataean however continued for a while to prosper, the Nabataean King Aretas IV who ruled from 9 B.C. to 40 C.E., built a number of settlements on the trading route to develops the prosperous incense trade. The Nabataeans realised the power of Rome and allied with them to defeat the Jewish uprising of 70 C.E. Soon after Nabatea fell under direct Roman rule, when the last Nabataean rule, Rabbel II, struck a deal with them to last his lifetime the deal was not to attack throughout his lifetime in exchange of laking Nabatea over after his death. When he died in 106 C.E., the Romans claimed the Nabataean Kingdom and renamed it Arabia Petra, and they redesigned it on traditional Roman architectural designs and the city dwelled in a period of relitive prosperity.